I Bike England!

Today i took off on the good old bicycle, a fine way for any featherless bi-ped to get around England - the bridleways (horse paths) are everywhere in this county (Surrey) - i rode from Tilford over two villages to Milford and back through Churt - every town has its own little pride about it - and if you are ever between Tilford and Elstead for any reason you have got to stop by The Donkey - it is a great pub with two donkeys and a bunch of large really happy people who will talk to you and give you left over food from lunch -

on my journey i also became fasinated with names here - the villages and counties all have the best names - Sheephatch, Shackleford, Hambledon, Frillinghurst, Chiddingfold - I mean those are some beastly names - there is just something so.... English about them iambic pentameter and stuff -

I'm sitting in the computer room which is in a house that is around 450 years old - it is wierd that they had such forethought - i can here the river which is full of screaming chilren...playing in the shallow water... and the occational cheers from the cricket green across the river - i still don't understand cricket but i am not too worried about it - i just can't wait to get back and watch a colts game this fall with watery beer that is served too cold and call french fries, french fries and chips, chips and football, football and drink everything with a ridiculous amount of ice in it - anyway -

i plan on working a few more hours tomorrow to finish up the garden here and then i might take off and ride a stretch of the North Downs Way which i hear is amazing -

well now that i have sorted this out, i'll belt up and i shouldn't think it will be frightfully long before i post again -

much love,
josh